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The story is based on anecdotal evidence and not a small amount of campaign lobbying of the press. The Monkey Cage website reports quantitative evidence that supports the opposite conclusion. The problem with the mainstream media is phony balance, not partisan bias. Instead of spending 95 percent of their coverage on the game, they should be reporting on the differences between the parties and on the truthfulness and plausibility of their claims about past and their promises for the future.

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